Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Editor O'Brien MObbed ON the Streets
OF Toronto, Barely Escaping
with His Life.
The Correspondent of the New York
Tribune Seriously IDjured-The
Orangemen Garry the Day
LANSDOWNE TALKS,

LANSDOwNE TALKS.
CHICAGO, ILL, May 18.-The Msrquis
of Lsnsdowne, speaking of controversy
between himself and O'Brien said
"O'Brien is laboring under deceptive in
| formation. | have always been disposed
to use my tenants with moderation and
justice. l have investigated every case
where injustice was complained of and 1
should have continued to do so had not
the Land League interiered in my affairs.
| The statement that has been made that I
borrowed money from the British govern
ment under the land improvement act
and loaned it to my tenants at in
creased interest is wholly untrue.
The charges that have been
brought against my grandfather in 1847,
of cruel injustice and oppression are also
false. His estates were depleted and his
revenues seriously affected, yet notwith-
standing the causes which led to that IN
happy year he paid the costs of families
who desired to emigrate to America out
OF his own pocket, while those who re-
NAMED were sustained nearly or almost
wholly at his expense.
TAKING SIDES.
OTTAWA, ONT, May 18.-The excur-
sion of Mr.. O'Brien, the Irish agitator,
seems to have changed the whole face of
Canadian politics, and 1t is thought will
have an important bearing on the future
of parties and politics in the Dominion.
The extreme sensitiveness at the outset to
criticism Of any sort, whether of Canadian
institutions generally, or of Lord Lans-
dOwne's lordism particularly, where the
critic happened not to be resident in the
country, has given away and now men
have taken sides, and in the hotels, and
on the streets and in the newspaper
offices, comparisons are being made and
g battle is being fought over the relative
advantages of being American citizens or
Canadian subjects of her majesty. Cath
olics who spoke reIretfully in regard to
the Fenian invasion of twenty years ago
DO not speak so now, ana Orangemen who
talked in a determined manner
about O'Brien's "invasion" say
if he attempted to speak
here again he would probably pay the
penalty with his life. The Orangemen
seem to feel that they have committed
blunder, not in hsyiDg attacked the
speaker and disturbed the meeting, but in
not having done so half well enough
They are now disappointed because they
allowed the meeting to take place.
At 1880 tonight President MuIligan of
the local branch of the National league
called at the hotel and asked Mr.. O'Brien
to go out and have q walk. d. 2 CGhill,
Dennis Kilbride, the eViCted tenant, and
j. M. Wall, special correspondent of the
New York Tribune, were present and
suggested that it
WOULD NOT BE PRUDENT
to venture out, as darkness was
falling, and q crowd of about 200
rowdies had gathered around the hotel
Kissing, hooting and grooming. Mr..
O'Brien, however, persisted in going.
81 have the right to 60 out" he said in
u determined manner, "and will
go out" and he did so,
the gentleman before mentioned |
accompanying him q few steps from !
the main entrance of the Rossin house.
An immense throng cr1wded the side
walk. For more than two minutes /
neither Mr.. O'Brien nor his companions |
could step from the door. The crowd |
grew in numbers and turbulence and /
surged up to the very spot where O'Brien /
and the tenant, Kilbrlde, were standing. .
They groaned and Kissed into O'Brien's .
face such cries as, "Awsy Traitor"
SHOWN with the dynamiter," and "God .
save the Queen"
"Come on" said O'Brien, "these men
don't own the street," and they pushed .
through the crowd with Mr. Mulligan
and r. B. Teeiy bringing up the rear. The
rioutOus and QusTrelsome OraDgemeD were
armed with stout sticks. They came up
to O'Brien as he strobe along York street
h fri dc nd
iostled against him, making several at
tempts to strike him on the head with the
sticks. He lodged the blows, however,
him, but they were as one to
fifty. The faithful body guard was
broken again and again, and O'Brien was
driven up against the we'll, as were XII
bride, Mulligan and Cahill. The little
party stood at bay, O'Brien shouting st
the TOD of his voice, "You cowardly
dogs, don't you see we are not
armed. Let US clone" The Kissing
and cries of "God Save the Queen"
and groans for the dynamiter greeted
this appeal. Two policemen stood near
oy but made no effort to disperse the
mob. The party then turned into
King street where the crowd IN
creased. From the windows of some
Of the houses in this street
banana stalks and broken bricks were
dropped down, O'Brien and his party,
however, escaping injury so far. As the
party turned into Bay street y. P. Cshill,
of the local branch of the
League, had his hat knocked of by
stone. The mob now began
THEIR REAL ATTACK.
This street furnished a good opportu-
nifty, being covered with clay, broken
bricks ana cobble stones. Mr.. O'Brien &
had on tall hat which furnished goodf
arge mark. Wall was on his right a8a
hilbride and Mulligan on his left. 81
"Look out, O'Brien," shouted WaH.
THE stones are coming. 1t is Belisstss
over again" ~
"Oh, it's all right, "replied O'Bsisn;s 1t
would be better for Lansdogne sAssfhey
would let US alone"
As he spoke, volley of bricksand cob,
came flying from the center 81
the Orsngemen, missing the heads butt
knocking plssterlng OF the adjscenHWaH.
"To hell with the Pope, " SILL the tfN
tor,D and 50 on, rose high aSovathe df1f.s.IL
O'Brien's party were sim on Me side I
walk and the 0rangeHsn sthfongsd the